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Park Lane Press in triple bindery investment
Park Lane Press has made a triple bindery investment to offer PUR binding and support its purchase of an HP Indigo 7900 earlier this year.

Pinstripe enters administration
Pinstripe Print has fallen into administration due to “extremely difficult” trading conditions and a 22% drop in turnover.

Cimpress Q1 results disappoint
Cimpress has described first-quarter sales growth as “disappointing” after revenues came in below expectations.

Fretwell Print & Design eyes turnover growth following MBO
Fretwell Print & Design is looking to increase its turnover by nearly a third over the next two to three years following a management buyout by two long-serving employees.

PCS wins regional business award
Plastic Card Services (PCS) has been named Business of the Year at the 2018 Cheshire Business Awards.

Zanders announces 2019 paper price increases
Zanders has announced paper price increases for 2019.

New Tradeprint MD steps up
Charlene Douglas has been named as the new managing director of Cimpress-owned Tradeprint.

New owners start afresh at WirralCo
The new owners of WirralCo have pledged to do their utmost to get the business back on an even keel and have urged the industry to “give us a chance”.

US group mega-merger announced
US group Quad/Graphics is taking over rival LSC Communications in a merger that will create a new $8bn (£6.3bn) turnover industry giant.

EFI breaks Q3 sales record
EFI has reported record Q3 sales in its results for the three months ended 30 September 2018, but its profits have dipped slightly.

Print hopes for investment boost in Autumn Budget
Print sector figures have signalled hopes that the government is on course to make greater efforts on industrial productivity following Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget.

Print Plus UK upgrades press hall with £1.3m spend
Print Plus UK has purchased a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 five-colour with coater to boost its productivity.

Overmatter: roll play
Chapeau to the team at Unite, which made the most of the wordplay opportunities after a dispute erupted at toilet paper and paper towel manufacturer Sidcot Group’s mill in Derbyshire.

H&H picks a card to cut out the corporate chit-chat
Communication in business meetings can quickly become stale – bogged down in meaningless buzzwords and cyclical chit-chat. To find a way to break through the malaise, Hull communications agency H&H...

Horizon double for Print & Design Factory
Print & Design Factory has knocked days off turnaround times in its post-production service after updating its bindery.